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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 26 > Magazine editor Emerson covered tumultuous South

Magazine editor Emerson covered tumultuous South

By Christopher Sullivan / The Bulletin
August 26, 2009

William Emerson Jr., a journalist and author who covered civil rights flashpoints as part of a cadre of gutsy Southern reporters and later served as editor in chief of The Saturday Evening Post, has died. He was 86. Emerson, whose health had declined following a stroke, died Tuesday at his home....

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